Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
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Film / 1966
The Sand Pebbles
Directed by
Robert Wise
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China …
The story
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Cast
Steve McQueenJake Holman
Richard AttenboroughFrenchy Burgoyne
Richard CrennaCaptain Collins
Candice BergenShirley Eckert
MakoPo-han
Larry GatesJameson
Charles RobinsonEnsign Bordelles
Simon OaklandStawski
Ford RaineyHarris
Joe TurkelBronson
Gavin MacLeodCrosley
Joe Di RedaShanahan
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Richard LooMajor Chin
Barney PhillipsFranks
James HongVictor Shu
Gus TrikonisRestorff
Emmanuelle ArsanMaily
Shepherd SandersPerna
James JeterFarren
Tom MiddletonJennings
Paul Chun PuiCho-jen
Tommy LeeChien
Beulah QuoMama Chunk
Stephen JahnHaythorn
Alan HopkinsWilsey
Stephen FerryLamb
Ted FishWellbeck
Loren JanesColeman
Glenn R. WilderWaldron
Robert Kelly-SchleyerBosun's Mate (uncredited)
Robert EmhardtOfficer on San Pablo (uncredited)
Walter ReedBidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
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